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FinCEN Appoints First Chief Advisor for Crypto

The United States Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is upping its focus on cryptocurrency. Michele Korver, who previously worked for the Department of Justice, will be FinCEN’s first Chief Digital Currency Advisor, the government agency said today in a statement. Korver will work to prevent “illicit financial practices and exploitation,” according to FinCEN, which …

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Bitcoin Mining Is Turning New York Lake Into a ‘Hot Tub’, Say Locals 

Locals living near a Bitcoin mining facility on the shores of Seneca Lake, in upstate New York, have reported alarming rises in the temperature of the water, NBC News reported today.   “The lake is so warm you feel like you’re in a hot tub,” according to Dresden resident Abi Buddington.   Last month, locals staged a …

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Coinbase Has Hired an Army of Support Staff to Keep Customers Happy

Tired of Coinbase’s customer support? Help is here, says the crypto exchange, which yesterday blogged about the army of support agents it has hired to address its customers’ snags with the service and outlined more measures yet to come.  Since Brian Armstrong founded the company nine years ago, complaints from customers have racked up. In …

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Mañana se lanza un ‘Dogecoin Metaverse’, y está regalando 1 millón de DOGE

Imagina Dogecoin lloviendo del cielo y perros Shiba Inu bailando aterrizando en tu sala de estar. Eso es lo que puede experimentar mañana, si quiere ser arrastrado por el “metaverso de la fiesta” basado en la mayor moneda de memes de la industria de la criptografía. El sábado comienza el evento “Million Doge Disco”. Funcionando …

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What Is Baby Doge and Why Is Elon Musk Pumping the Dogecoin Knockoff?

Self-proclaimed Dogefather Elon Musk, also known as the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, tweeted today about Baby Doge, a Dogecoin spinoff, and helped jack up its price by as much as 130%. “Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo,” tweeted Musk in an apparent reference to the Baby Shark Dance, a children’s song, and YouTube’s most-viewed …

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La prohibición de China despierta temores de prácticas mineras sucias de Bitcoin

La represión de China contra la minería de Bitcoin ha hecho que la tasa de hash caiga en picado y ha servido además para resaltar los aspectos ambientales perjudiciales de la criptomoneda más popular del mundo. Pero las consecuencias no se han abordado adecuadamente, según un académico británico de alto nivel. Pete Howson, profesor titular …

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